Website Human Development and Community Services (HDCS)
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Centre Coordinator for ONE HEALTH Project
Project Location: Chaurjahari, Rukum West, Nepal
Service type: One Health Project
Type of Contract: Yearly contract for four years
Post Level: Mid level management
Reports to: Project Coordinator
Supervisory role: 1-2 people
Organisation Background:
Human Development and Community Services (HDCS) is a faith-based NGO working in three main sectors of health, education, and community development since 1991. Currently, it manages various projects across Nepal especially in rural areas and provides services through hospitals, health camps, public health programs, disaster preparedness and response, school development programs, teacher training, educational daycare centres for children with special needs and community radio stations. The organisation is aiming to launch a One Health Project in Rukum West. HDCS is committed to attract and retain the best employees from all ethnicities, gender and backgrounds in its vision to transform the communities.
HDCS is committed to attract and retain the best employees from all ethnicities, gender and backgrounds in its vision to transform communities.
One Health Concept:
HDCS is implementing an innovative project in Rukum West based upon the notion of ‘One Health’, highlighting the links between human, animal and environmental health. We will be working with local community groups, focusing on two main streams of activities:
1) Awareness raising: through trained community staff, we will be educating farmers’ groups in health and hygiene related subjects including WASH. At the same time there will be teaching on animal health and how the two intersect. The environmental health part will focus on household waste management and the impacts on the other two areas. The project will also reach local schools with this topic.
2) Practical implementation: Recognizing that awareness raising on its own is not sufficient for an effective project, we will establish model farms, which will demonstrate the benefits of implementing safe One Health practices. We will invest in selected farms to show the benefits of eco-friendly farming, crop diversification, and other practices such as segregating animals from humans and reducing the use of antibiotics. A ‘One Health Centre’ will be established as a training and research base where local people will come to learn more about improved farming techniques. The model farms, and other interested farms, will be able to earn ‘One Health’ recognition which will act as a standard to show quality and implementation of One Health practices.
Responsibilities:
The One Health Centre Coordinator will be responsible to establish and manage all aspects of the One Health Centre. The centre coordinator, along with the Project Coordinator, will identify training requirements, develop appropriate training programmes for selected farmers, mothers and students groups on the topic of environmental friendly agriculture. Ensure the centre training materials are developed and successfully conduct trainings at a local level. Promote the One Health concept through appropriate trainings and follow up, keep training records, assess Knowledge, Attitude, Practice (KAP) gap and evaluate the success of trainings. Ensure local model trainings are developed and aligned with the One Health concept.
Deliverables:
- Establish and manage the One Health Centre in Kotjahari, Rukum West
- Manage and develop model farm at Kotjahari to demonstrate the One Health concept
- Prepare/update appropriate training packages for different level participants
- Conduct Training of Trainers (ToT) for different community based groups
- Provide agricultural and animal husbandry training to farmer/mother/teacher/student groups
- Ensure successful delivery of trainings through assessment and evaluation
- Ensure training centre has appropriate equipment required for training
- Create training schedules and maintain training records
- Bring innovative learning ideas in the team and apply in training
Requirements:
- At least a bachelor’s degree or above in a relevant field eg Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock, Environmental Science, Natural resource management.
- Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience.
- Be self-motivated and have ability to work with different stakeholders
- Be able to identify training needs, design training resources, conduct training, monitor effectiveness of training
- Should have strong communications skills and ability to deal with individual differences
- Learning attitude and willingness to develop technical expertise
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and Nepal